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Buses at Chinook Meadowlark are being loaded to deliver to children ages 1-18. Pick up at the Meadowlark school for breakfast is 9-10 and lunch is 12-1, according to Chrissy Downs. Both meals are sent together on the buses every Monday-Friday. Harlem's Grab & Go program will have breakfast and lunch available at designated bus stops once a day, Monday-Friday. For up-to-date delivery schedules visit Harlem School District on Facebook. Hays Lodgepole also has Brunches ready for pickup at Hays... Full story
It could be that once in a lifetime chance to get away that you spent a lifetime planning or at the very least thought about. Now it is on the presuppose of the trip actually taking place and the excitement of this once in a lifetime opportunity is part of the actual memory that will stay with you for the rest of your life. Maybe it's an all-inclusive vacation getaway to a Caribbean or Mexican resort that you take each year or maybe it's a summer excursion for Mom, Dad and the kids to get away...
Under Governor Steve Bullock's Phased Reopening of Montana, retail businesses were allowed to reopen their doors on Monday, April 27, and become operational with reduced capacity. Some Blaine County business owners were eager to get back to work while others expressed hesitation, preferring instead to continue to telework. Bonnie Weber, owner of Shores Floral & Gift in Chinook, shared her feelings about the Governor's Directive: "My feelings are a little mixed on opening the doors, truthfully....
Under Governor Steve Bullock’s Directive for a Phased Reopening of Montana, beginning May 7, all schools have the option to return to in-classroom teaching delivery. Despite that option, Chinook School District’s Superintendent, Darin Hannum reports that almost all of the Hi-Line school superintendents will recommend to keep online instruction because of prohibitive aspects of the governor’s Directive. Harlem School District held a special school board meeting at noon on Monday, April 27, to discuss their options: Whether schools would reope...
Harlem Library The library is in Phase I of the state’s reopening as directed by Governor Bullock. Please see this week’s column for the details. If you have completed April’s reading challenge to read a book with a name in the title please contact the library so your name can be entered into the drawing for a gift certificate from a local business. May’s challenge is to read a book by an author of color. There will be no library board meeting this month. MSU-Extension Montana State University Extension has put together a new website that co...
The Blaine County Health Department, the Board of Health (consisting of the three Blaine County commissioners and two appointed community members), and the Health Officer are acutely aware of the public health emergency that is ongoing with pandemic COVID-19. Our priority is the health and safety of people who live and work in our county. We recognize that county healthcare providers have seen fewer patients over the last two weeks with upper respiratory symptoms. We also recognize that providers in Blaine County have the capacity to test...
On May 1 and May 2, from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., Shores Floral & Gift will be hosting photographer Adrianna Standiford from Images by Adrianna, who will be set up in the greenhouse to photograph children and families, just in time for Mother’s Day gift giving. With Mother’s Day approaching, Bonnie Weber, owner of Shores Floral & Gift who has a history of supporting artists, decided to collaborate with Standiford and create an event for the community. Each portrait session will be fifteen minutes and will produce five digital pho...
Carol Lynn (Holmquist) DePriest, loving mother and grandmother, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, April 23rd, 2020 in Havre, Montana, due to complications from a fall, just five short days prior. Graveside services will be held Wednesday, April 29th at 2:00 p.m. at Kuper Memorial Cemetery in Chinook. Arrangements are being handled by Wilderness Funeral Homes of Chinook. A viewing will be held Tuesday, April 28th from 5 to 7 p.m. at Wilderness Funeral Home Chapel, 500 Indiana Avenue,... Full story
Phyllis was born July 16, 1935 in Harlem, MT and went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on April 24th, 2020. Phyllis was born to Pearl and Olaf Brekke, the fourth of five children and grew up in Harlem with her many first cousins. Her favorite playmates included Lois Cuerth and cousin Alice Brekke. She graduated from Harlem High School in 1953 and then went to work for Buttrey Foods. She met Kenneth Heilig and they were married on April 17th, 1955. They had just celebrated their 65th... Full story
John B. Gideon, 70, of Chinook, Montana stepped across the threshold of Heaven and was met by the embrace of Jesus on Saturday, April 18th. John was born on January 20th, 1950 to Clarence and Reverend Henrietta (VanDercar) Gideon in Zion, Illinois. His school years were spent in Wheatfield, Indiana. As a boy, John was stricken with rheumatic fever leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. Several years later, and fully recovered, he proudly enlisted with the US Army serving a tour in Vietnam... Full story
In a press conference on Wednesday, April 22, Governor Steve Bullock issued a Directive that provides guidelines for a Phased Reopening of Montana. The Directive establishes guidance applicable to all three phases and specifically provides direction for Phase One, including lifting the Stay at Home Directive on Sunday, April 26 and reopening non-essential businesses on Monday, April 27. Bar and restaurant closures, however, are extended to May 4, and school closures remain in effect through May 6. Although this recent Directive establishes cond...
As a way to escape all of the serious news and to bring a little humor to their students, principals from across Montana have been performing and posting videos to the YouTube channel. Many feature lip syncing and acting, some highlight dancing and singing, others are a combination of talent. According to the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, Eric Fisher, Principal at Manhattan Middle School, started the trend and challenged other area principals to post videos of themselves dancing in their empty school...
Authors who write for the theater often have multiple unfinished projects, scripts that they have started but not completed. This fizzling of creative energy may derive from a loss of inspiration, a character’s failing to come to life, or a story arc that stalls. Montana Actors Theater (MAT) is inviting all playwrights who’ve started scripts to submit only the first five pages, along with a character list and setting description—if available, but not required—of something they have written. These partial scripts will be published anonymo...
Harlem Public Library Phase I Reopening Plans 4.27.2020 In accordance with Directives from Governor Bullock • If you are sick, please do not enter the library. • Practice good hygiene: º Wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds; or use hand sanitizer. º Avoid touching your face. º Sneeze or cough into a tissue, or the inside of your elbow. • It is strongly advised to wear a mask. • Practice social distancing while in the library. Stay at least 6 feet from other patrons/staff. º Only two patron desk top computers are availab...
In accordance with directives from Governor Bullock, Blaine County Library will be implementing our Phase One reopening plan effective Monday May 4, 2020. We will be open our regular hours, but we will have restrictions in place. We ask that if you are sick, please do not enter the library. All patrons and staff will wear a face covering, which could be a mask, a scarf or a bandana. Hand washing will be required upon entering the building prior to any computer use or book browsing. Patrons will be expected to practice social distancing and...
Since the beginning of April, the City of Chinook has advertised openings for the positions of Swimming Pool Manager and Lifeguard at Chinook City Pool. That they have had no applicants to date is worrisome to Chinook's Mayor, Keith Hanson. "With the jobless situation what it currently is, I'm surprised that we have received no applications for these vacancies. If we can't get any interest, I'm afraid that we won't be able to open the pool this summer," Hanson said. Chinook City Pool typically...
